Packing-box



No Model.)

W. H. BEACH.

PACKING BOX.

Patented Jan. 5, 18-86.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BEACH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,720 dated January5, 1886.

Application filed September 4. 1885. Serial No. 176,150.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BEACH, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Packing or Dry- Goods Boxes, of which the following isafull, clear, and exact description. 7

It is well known that dry-goods and packing boxes are weak at thecorners where the side boards are nailed to the ends of the end boardsof the box. To overcome this defect it is common to bind boxes withwooden and sheet metal binders or hoops.

My invention consists, principally, in substituting for these binders orhoops a lacing of wire passed back and forth across the corners ofthebox, and having its bends secured to the outside of the box and its endspassed over the edge of the box and secured to the inside thereof,whereby the box is rendered much stronger than where hoops are used, andwithout adding much to the cost of the box.

The invention also consists in the cover of the box provided with astay-wire secured to its upper surface and folded in loops over the endsof the same, to adapt them to be secured to the body of the box, all ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dry- .goods or packing box made inaccordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thecover for the box.

The body of the box A is of the usual constructionthat is, composed of asuitable bottom, the side boards, a a, and end boards, 6 b, nailedtogether. At the end corners the box is stayed by the wires 0, held bythe sta ples d.

In applying the wire, one end is first secured by a staple, d, inside ofthe box. The wire is then passed over the edge of the box and secured tothe upper side board by a staple, and thence passed around the corner ofthe box and secured by a staple to the upper end board, and it is thenpassed back and forth over the corner of the box, forming a singlelacing held at every angle with a staple. The lacing extends entirelyaround the two edges and bottom corners of the box, and the ends of thewires last secured are passed over tNomodel.)

the upper edge and to the inside of the box, where they are secured bystaples, so that no ends of wires protrude from the outside of the box.The cover B is provided at each end with a wire, f, secured to the topof the cover by the staples f, and bent to form loops f that reach overthe ends of the cover and fall below its lower surface. as shown in Fig.2. The endsf of the wiresf are turned to form eyes f and these endsreach below the lower surface of the cover, as shown, so that in,applying the cover to the box A it is only necessary to place itthereon and secure the endsfand loopsf to the sides and ends of the boxby staples. In this manner the box is stayed all about its corners in avery secure and cheap manner, and a box thus stayed is much strongerthan boxes stayed with wooden or sheet-metal hoops or hands, and thecover may be removed without destroying the body of the box. The staplesplaced over the wires and driven into the box draw the wires verytightly about the corners, and the bending of the wires may be such asto bind each board, so that all the boards will be equally well adaptedto sustain the contents of the box, which is not the case with boxesbound in the ordinary manner, for as one board loosens the next mustsustain more than its share of the weight, which is liable to loosen it,and then the box is weakened throughout, so it is liable to come topieces.

By my method of binding, each board is stayed at its ends, so the boxhas no weak places, but is of equal strength throughout.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, apacking-box having its corners stayed with a lacing-wire passed back andforth across the corners, and having its bends secured to the outside ofthe box and its ends passed over the edge of the box and secured to theinside thereof, as set forth.

2. The cover B for the box, provided with the stay-wires f, secured tothe upper surface of the cover and folded in loops over the ends of thesame, to be secured to the body A of the box, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

XVILLIAM fL'BEAGH.

YVitnesses:

H. A. WEST, G. SEDewIoK.

